. Popular resorts, and how to reach them : combining a brief description of the principal summer retreats in the United States, and the routes of travel leading to them . in the Union. The scenery here is bold and striking. The Branch Roads of this Company reach some of the most delight-ful summer resorts in the United States, and caiTy the traveller throughscenery as beautiful as can be found on the continent. At Harrisburgconnection is made with the Cumberland Valley Railroad, which passesthrough the lovely Cumberland and into the great Shenandoah Valleyof Virginia. At Huntingdon trains are
. Popular resorts, and how to reach them : combining a brief description of the principal summer retreats in the United States, and the routes of travel leading to them . in the Union. The scenery here is bold and striking. The Branch Roads of this Company reach some of the most delight-ful summer resorts in the United States, and caiTy the traveller throughscenery as beautiful as can be found on the continent. At Harrisburgconnection is made with the Cumberland Valley Railroad, which passesthrough the lovely Cumberland and into the great Shenandoah Valleyof Virginia. At Huntingdon trains are in waiting to convey visitors tothe famed Bedford Springs; and at Tyrone connection is made with theBald Eagle Valley and Clearfield Roads, which run through regions un-surpassed in picturesqueness. Indeed, as before stated, to give any thinglike a connected sketch of the scenery reached by the Pennsylvania Rail-road and its branches, would require a book of itself. POPULAR KESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 255 ILLUSTRATED PLEASURE ROUTE No. 22. From Washington and the South, through Baltimore, Har-risburg, Williamsport, and Elmira, to Watkins Glen andNiagara WASHINGTON, , FROM ARLINGTON HEIGHTS. A Bikds-eye view of the metropolis of the nation, from a spot as-sociated with so many historic memories, can scarcely fail to interest thetourist. Beneath the central dome of the picture are supposed to con-gregate the assembled wisdom of the nation, drawn to Washington todeliberate upon the important questions of the day. Here, too, assemblethe beauty and gayety of the country, -whose encouraging presence giveszest to the debate, and whose cheering hospitality gives relief from thelabors of the hour. The Capitol stands on an eminence ninety feet above site was selected by George Washington; and the corner-stonewas laid by him Sept. 18, 1793. It was first occupied by Congress onthe third Monday of November, 1800. On the 2-lth of August, 1814,the interior was d
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